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Injured on international duty, Alessandro Longoni leaves Italian U19 camp and returns to PSG

18-year-old goalkeeper Alessandro Longoni, called up with Italy's U19 squad, had to withdraw due to physical problems. He is replaced by Andrea Maran (Modena) and returns to Paris.

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Injured on international duty, Alessandro Longoni leaves Italian U19 camp and returns to PSG
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Alessandro Longoni will not play in Italy’s U19 camp. The Italian Football Federation announced that PSG’s goalkeeper had to withdraw due to “physical problems”, without specifying the exact nature of the injury. He is replaced in the squad by Andrea Maran, goalkeeper at Modena.

Recruited by PSG a few months ago, the 18-year-old goalkeeper had not yet been called up with Italy’s senior squad, but regularly featured among the U19s. His early return to Paris comes during a particularly difficult international window for several major European clubs, also hit by a series of withdrawals.

For PSG, the news remains limited in its immediate consequences. Longoni occupies third place in Luis Enrique’s goalkeeper hierarchy, behind Matvey Safonov and Lucas Chevalier. He has been called up only twice in Ligue 1 this season: for the trip to Lille on August 28 (2-2, matchday 2) and for the home match against Troyes last weekend (1-0, matchday 10).

The Paris club was already aware of three other French withdrawals: Pierre Kalulu, Marcus Thuram and Aurélien Tchouaméni have all been officially declared unavailable for France’s two UEFA Nations League matches.

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